The Blasting Company plays Over The Garden Wall with Patrick McHale & J.R. Kaufman

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Music / Other. Starts 8:00 PM. It's not very well-worn, but the Nashville street band to composer pipeline has certainly been a distinctive, if tempered, fairy-tale arc for Joshua Kaufman and Justin Rubenstein, the brothers at the helm of The Blasting Company. For years, curiosity and circumstance guided them through the streets of the US and Europe as they accumulated a blend of American folk and Eastern European influences, grand orchestral tendencies, and inescapably modern sensibilities, eventually landing them in Los Angeles, where they found a home for most of it in the world of film and television. Their first and perhaps most notable venture into scoring was for the critically-acclaimed animated miniseries, Over the Garden Wall, which has become a seasonal staple for a growing fanbase worldwide whenever fall - or its equatorial approximate - is in the air. Other composing ventures include music written for Burlesque, the New York Times/Serial podcast, The Kids of Rutherford County, Adult Swim's The Elephant, and a three-album soundtrack for table top role playing campaign, The Crooked Moon. Their recent releases feature collaborations with Tom Kenny (Spongebob Squarepants), Haley Reinhart (Post-Modern Jukebox), Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Concords), and one of their all-time musical heroes, arranger and composer Van Dyke Parks. The Blasting Company's journey has been one dedicated to their artistic community and their craft. This, and the eagerness with which they explore music's expansive storytelling potential has made them sought-after collaborators anywhere music can be of use, from Emmy-winning animation to Peabody Award-caliber investigative journalism. Wherever they're found and wherever they'll end up, their music continues to introduce new generations to a panoply of musical traditions, old and new, tailored to their own particular - and peculiar - point of view. Starting with the 10th anniversary shows in LA back in 2024, The Blasting Company ha

The Blasting Company plays Over The Garden Wall with Patrick McHale & J.R. Kaufman is a music event at Thalia Hall in the Chicago area, held on Monday, November 2, 2026. Event Beast lists it with the date, venue and a link to the official page so you can decide whether it belongs in your plans.

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The Blasting Company plays Over The Garden Wall with Patrick McHale & J.R. Kaufman

Date

Monday, November 2, 2026

Venue

Thalia Hall

Area

Chicago

Category

Music

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